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“GOAL-KEEPER EXTRAORDINAIRE” – by Des Kelly For a tiny Island in the Indian Ocean, formerly called Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, of course, it boasted several Champions in many sports including Hockey. Here, via Dennis Rosayro and Victor Melder respectively, is yet another Ceylon Burgher named Frederick (Freddy) White, this time wielding a hockey-stick, rather than a pen, who turned out to be known as possibly the BEST Hockey Goalie in ASIA, a feat astounding, to say the least. Let me say a big “Thank you” to both Dennis and Victor for this wonderful story of another amazing “Citizen of a Burgh”or Burgher, Freddie White, Hockey GOAL-KEEPER EXTRAORDINAIRE. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. Superman Freddie White: Asia’s best goalkeeper – BY DENNIS DE ROSAYRO Fredrick White made his debut as a schoolboy versus the Indian Olympic team of 1948. He played for the Burgher Recreation Club in the winning teams of 1948 to 1950. ...

Feb 27, 2022 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (JANUARY 2022)Compiled by Victor Melder. Export earnings from rubber, coconut and cinnamon are on the verge of exceeding $ 4 billion, creating history by recording the highest annual income generated from these crops in a year, Plantation Industries Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said. He also said that the Plantation Ministry was committed to make the tea industry a profitable industry in 2022. He said despite not being able to reach the target export earnings, tea crop was estimated to be 305 million kg in 2021. He outlined that the tea industry was a key export crop which contributed significantly to the national economy. “If we want to build up the economy, then we must strengthen the planters. The COVID pandemic and fertiliser problems have caused some setbacks in the industry. But, amidst all these problems, we are working to strengthen the smallholders who contribute to the national ...

Jan 31, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , , , , ,
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   SRI LANKA NEWS (NOVEMBER 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder According to Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 626 new COVID-19 cases were reported so far on Sunday. According to the Epidemiology Unit report at 8:30 pm Sunday, a total of 545,088 COVID-19 cases have been reported since the inception of the pandemic. While 16,049 infected patients are currently under medical care at hospitals and homes, 515,183 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals. Sri Lanka Sunday reported 15 deaths raising the total to 13,856. According to the Epidemiology Unit report, so far total of 15,796,673 people have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 13,577,829 have received the second dose. In addition, 54,031 have received the third booster dose. (Colombo Page, 7.11.2021) Foreign exchange reserves were measured at US$ 2,267.5 million by the end of October, down from US$ 2,704.2 million in September as the Central ...

Dec 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (OCTOBER 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder. Sri Lanka has turned to China for more fuel purchases on long-term credit as the country continues to face serious issues in raising funds for oil imports. Sri Lanka was having discussions with China through the Chinese ambassador to purchase fuel for six months on a Sovereign Bond – the debt security issued by the Government to raise money for financing government programs.   Existing diesel and petrol purchase arrangements which end in November and January respectively, would be extended to buy fuel on credit for the next six months. The move comes after similar talks with Oman to seek credit for US dollars 3.6 billion to buy refined and crude oil. Minister Gammanpila said initial talks had been held during his recent visit to Oman and agreements needed to be finalised to obtain the facility.Sri Lanka is expecting a five-year grace ...

Oct 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,
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“Voice of the Night: The Devil Bird of Sri Lanka” – by Victor Melder In 1963, whilst stationed as engine driver, CGR, Galle, late one night I was riding my push bike home at about 1.00am (after a late night turn) It was a still, sultry night. Half way home I heard an eerie blood curdling Cry (as if someone was being murdered).   I got off my push bike, realising that it was the cry of the ‘devil bird’ (as I read all about it in the ‘Loris’ magazine) and flashed my torchlight up towards the tree tops and heard the flap of the wings, of a bird taking off.   The call of this Owl is much more eerie as featured in this youtube documentary. Blessings Victor ...

Oct 9, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , ,
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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  SEPTEMBER  2021 BOOKS. Narrow Gauge Railways of Ceylon by Raskina Wickramanayaka, 2021     (Donated by the Author, Malabe, Sri Lanka) A Journey of Sri Lankans in Victoria, Undated (Donated by Ryle Moldrich, Riverview, Qld) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS  OTHERS ...

Oct 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,
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         SRI LANKA NEWS   (JULY 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021 from 4.5 per cent in May 2021. This was driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories. Accordingly, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 11.3 per cent in June 2021 from 9.9 per cent in May 2021, while Non-food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 2.5 per cent in June 2021 from 2.2 per cent in May 2021. The CCPI, measured on an annual average basis, increased to 4.1 per cent in June 2021 from 3.9 per cent in May 2021. Monthly change of CCPI recorded at 1.47 per cent in June 2021 due to price increases observed in items of both Food and Non-food categories. Moreover, monthly changes of ...

Jul 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JULY 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder England beat the touring Sri Lankans by 8 wickets to win the 2nd ODI, played at Kennington Oval, London. Scores: Sri Lanka – 241/9 in 50 Overs (de Silva 91, Shanaka 47, Hasaranga 26, Curran 5/48, Willey4/64) England – 244/2 in 43 Overs (Morgan 75no, Root 68no, Roy 60, Bairstow 29, Karunaratne 1/34, Hasaranga 1/46) Player of the Match: Sam Curran (England) Match Points: England 10, Sri Lanka 0 The third ODI between England and the touring Sri Lankans played at County Ground, Bristol ended in No result after rain washed out play. Scores: Sri Lanka – 166 in 41.1 Overs (Shanaka 48, Hasaranga 20, Curran 4/35, Woakes 2/28, Willey 2/36) England – Did not bat. Player of the Series: David Willey (England) England won the 3-match series 2-0. Match Points: England 5, Sri Lanka 5. Former Sri Lanka batsman ...

Jul 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News, Victor Melder Tagged , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 04 July 2021 – 1st Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Des Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka Kumar Sangakkara – amongst Royal Box guests at Wimbledon Centre Court Sri Lankan author Kanya D’Almeida wins 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Watch England v Sri Lanka ODI Cricket Highlights June 2021 The misunderstood role of the Attorney General in Sri Lanka By Sunil de Silva P.C Sri Lankan trio sent home from UK for COVID breach-by Althaf Nawaz NSW Community Engagement Update – 30 June 2021 [SEC=OFFICIAL] In Honour of the Great Guru – Mr . E.C.Gunasekara – on his 27th Death Anniversary – 10th June : EDWIN (PETER) CHRISTOPHER GUNASEKARA OF ROYAL COLLEGE – “E.C.Gunasekara” – “V.P.” – “E.C.” – “Christy” – “Kataya” – By Saman Amarasinghe, former Senior Prefect The title song to the Major motion ...

Jul 4, 2021 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JUNE 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder   Following a tense meeting held  at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Officials and the national team have reached a favourable decision, ahead of the England series.           The players had reportedly agreed to sign the tour declaration and participate in the T20 series to be held in England. Sri Lanka’s tour of England was cast into serious jeopardy after the players expected to be selected refused to sign the tour contracts offered by Sri Lanka Cricket. This was a part of the men’s cricketers’ ‘larger resistance to LSC’s new annual contracts scheme’, which they believed lacks transparency and does not adequately compensate senior players. Nearly 38 players, including Captain Kusal Janith Perera signed a statement refusing to sign the tour contract, on the grounds that there were problems with the transparency of the ratings system devised by ...

Jul 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , ,
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